Earlier in the day the team of Michael
Omori (Lakeside School) and Daniel Ho (King's Way Christian School)
won first place in the Bughouse tournament. Later in the day
Omori tried to add the blitz title to his resume against a total field
of 186 players. In the end he came up one game short as Eldon
Nakagawa from Our Savior Lutheran School (Oahu, HI) won first place
with his last round sweep of James A. Black to score 11 out of 12 for
clear first.

K-9 Blitz Top Finishers

1st - Eldon Nakagawa, 11
points

Eldon Nakagawa

2nd - Jeevan Karamsetty,
10.5 points

Jeevan Karamsetty

3rd - Andrew Tang, 10 points

Andrew Tang

4th - Jehron Bryant, 10
points

Jehron Bryant

5th - Michael Omori,
10 points

6th - Randy Rivera,
10 points

7th - Pobo Efekoro,
10 points

Pobo Efekoro

8th - Derek Chen,
10 points

Top K-9 Blitz Team: IS 318 from
Brooklyn, NY

On Friday the main event begins at
1:00pm CT with just under 1,000 players currently registered to participate.
Check back as I will be writing daily reports from the tournament with
photos and game scores.